# Amputations at Behr Iron & Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098613` · 9/12/2016 · SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scales
- **Secondary source:** Crowbars
## Employer
- **Name:** Behr Iron & Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 201 Weaver Avenue, SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS, 61080
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the legs of a floor scale while a coworker lifted the corner of the scale with a pry bar. The pry bar slipped and the floor scale fell and pinched the employee's left index finger, amputating his fingertip.

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